A Brief Rant On Writing, Living, and Censorship
I’m an artist. All bets are off.
It’s time for a rant.
I’ll start here: I’m an artist. I’m also a Jew.
As a Jew who in his past has been the recipient of antisemitism, I’m often asked if Holocaust jokes should be banned.
No. Banned from what?
Have I ever laughed at a Holocaust joke?
No.
Will I ever laugh at a Holocaust joke?
I highly doubt it but as with anything else it would depend on the joke.
Do you risk getting your head chewed off and spit back if you tell me a Holocaust joke?
Yeah, it’s a risk. Probably a big one.
What if you told a Holocaust joke to a Holocaust survivor? I cannot answer that. Though I’ve had relatives lost to it, I cannot relate as having survived it is out of the realm of my experience. I wouldn’t be surprised, though, if telling such a joke to a survivor would land with extreme consequences … but that’s just a guess.
So what’s the point?
I believe in all cases … if I personally choose not to engage or patronize your joke, that’s my priority. It shouldn’t be “unlawful,” as there’s a fine line between jokes in…
